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The 1,000-mile Journey

Janice Tanaka Tower ’84 and her brother, Matt Tanaka ’81, bike over the Alaska Range, across the subarctic interior, down the mighty frozen Yukon, and on to the Bering Sea during the 2025 Iditarod Trail Invitational.

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The Unbelievable Truth

The strange but true tale of a clever alum, a popular showman and a bizarre collection of oddities at the College museum.

By Illustrated by Jan Feindt

Published in the Sept - Oct 2011 Issue

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Photography professor Virginia Beahan brings an old-school technique and a rare sensibility to her craft.

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